Usain Bolt unfazed by his new ambassadorial role

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Usain Bolt may have thought that he was going home when he boarded for Kingston, on Monday, but it would appear that he has returned instead to a life of big hotels and public engagements. The authorities will not start a Bolt press conference without a rendition of the national anthem and they will not let him out until after a good two hours’ deification.

At one such engagement on Tuesday, a government minister declared that Bolt’s achievements at the Beijing Olympic Games last month - when he set world records in winning the 100 metres and 200 metres gold medals